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PAKISTAN
The International
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Year 2011 |
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13th-15th Dec 2011 |
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Global Connection and Exchange:
Journalism 2.0 Teachers Training |
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A 3-day Journalism workshop
was planned and conducted by
iEARN Pakistan on 13, 14 and 15
December at a local hotel in
Karachi. This workshop was the
first event of the Global
Connections, Journalism 2.0
program that iEARN Pakistan is
implementing in collaboration
with iEARN USA and Education and
Cultural Affairs, US Government.
The workshop trained a group of
23 middle and high school
teachers to increase leadership
skills, as well as personal and
institutional ties and mutual
understanding among students and
educators in Ecuador, Pakistan,
Tajikistan, and Thailand and
their peers in the United
States.
“We are very excited about
having our students to engage in
meaningful inquiry through
journalism projects”, said an
excited teacher at the closing
of a three days teachers
training in Karachi.
Ms. Amanda the Information
Officer of the Consulate General
of United States awarded the
certificate of completion to all
graduating teachers of this
workshop.
Ms. Dina Guirguis the Grants
Program Coordinator, from iEARN
USA visited Pakistan for this
training, She informed the
participants about the program.
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11-12 Nov 2011
14-15 Oct 2011 |
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Professional Development Trainings at iEARN
Centre Islamabad |
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iEARN Centre, Islamabad hosted “iEARN Beginners’ Workshop” and “Youth
Volunteering and Community Service (YVS)” trainings on 14 and 15 of
October. A group of 10 teachers and 21 students participated in iEARN
Beginners training, where as 11 teachers and 18 students attended YVS
training. The participants of both the workshops belonged to different
schools in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The iEARN Beginners’ workshop aimed
to introduce participants to iEARN network and forums and get them
involved in iEARN projects and activities. They were also briefed about
iEARN school based clubs for students. The YVS training focused on
engaging students planning and implementation of community service work.
iEARN Pakistan organized a couple of more workshops at its iEARN Centre
Islamabad on November 11 and 12, 2011. The participants took great
interest in the two workshops titled “Introduction to Adobe Youth
Voices” and “Social Media and Web 2.0 tools”, which provided them with
new ideas of creating media and using social media and web 2.0 tools in
education. The two day-long trainings included interesting activities,
presentations, software demos and practice time for teachers. In first
workshop, teachers learned to create media and planned to engage their
students to express their thoughts and views using these 21st century
skills. The other workshop introduced the use of Social Media tools in
education and provided participants with an opportunity to exploring a
variety of Web 2.0 tools that could be used in classrooms.
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29 Oct 2011 |
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Enhancing
21st Century Skills with iEARN Projects & Club Activities |
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iEARN Pakistan conducted a seminar on ‘Enhancing 21st Century Skills
with iEARN Projects & Club Activities’ on Saturday 29, 2011 at Beach
Luxury Hotel, Karachi. More than 200 teachers and students from
different schools in Karachi and Hyderabad were invited to attend this
event. This seminar was a kickoff event for the recently launched iEARN
Global Connection and Exchange program, “Journalism 2.0: Empowering a
new generation of Civic education leaders”. This program will engage
young leaders who are eager to understand and to have a voice in local
and national events and communities. GCE is a collaborative
program of iEARN programs in Pakistan, USA, Thailand, Tajikistan and
Ecuador supported by the Education and Cultural Affairs of US
Government.
The day-long program was also a sharing event for teachers and students
of iEARN club schools. Other schools, who actively participate in iEARN
projects and activities, were also invited to share their successes and
challenges with others. The first half of the event included
presentations by iEARN staff, followed by presentations of active iEARN
member schools. Presentations made by students and teachers proved to be
a good example of sustainability of iEARN projects in schools.
The second half of the event consisted of different breakup sessions.
Six consecutive sessions were conducted which included ‘Planning of
iEARN Clubs and Activities’, ‘Youth Media’, ‘YouthCaN’, ‘Creative
Writing’ and ‘Youth Volunteering and Community Service’ etc.
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12th Oct 2011 |
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British Council Connecting Classrooms
Online Follow-up Seminar |
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Society for International Education held a Connecting Classrooms
Online (CCO) Follow-up Seminar for teachers and students on Wednesday,
October 12 in a local hotel. The major objective was to celebrate the
success of CCO and Social Action projects and recognize the efforts of
the teachers who had successfully completed their projects.
Presentations were made by teachers and their students to share best
practices in project implementation. It also provided a platform to
share the challenges faced by participants during project implementation
and provided them an opportunity to get assistance to complete their
projects. Later on, certificates were awarded to teachers and students
who had completed their projects.
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24 Sept 2011 |
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iEARN Beginners’ Workshop for Access
teachers |
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An iEARN Beginners’ Workshop was conducted on September 24, 2011
at iEARN Centre, Karachi for a group of 18 Access Karachi teachers.
Workshop sessions included presentations, discussions and hands on
activities. teachers were briefed about the iEARN online collaborative
projects and forums. They were given time to browse through iEARN
forums, understand projects’ details and get information about forum
related activities. They later planned to integrate iEARN online
collaborative projects with Access English language program activities.
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27 June2011 |
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iEARN Workshop for Cambridge
University (Spelt) ICELT Participants |
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iEARN Center, Karachi hosted a one-day workshop for 15 participants of Cambridge University International Certificate in English Language Teaching offered by Society of Pakistan English Teachers on June 27, 2011. The workshop aimed to train teachers in engaging their students in iEARN online collaborative projects and integrating technology in education with the focus on improving students’ English language proficiency. The sessions included presentations by two international speakers Ms. Rimma Zhukova, iEARN Russia Coordinator and facilitator iEARN Local History Project and Mr. Jason Harshman, Graduate Teaching Assistant/PhD student, Social Studies and Global Education, School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University. They talked to the participants through Skype. Rimma talked about integration of technology and how iEARN projects help students improve their language proficiency and Jason talked about Global Education and the importance of including cultural backgrounds and histories of different ethnic groups in curriculum and how to address issues related to cultural and ethnic diversity. They also answered participants’ questions. The participants shared that it was a very informative workshop and they learned new things about using technology in education.
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4th-5th Mar 2011 |
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British
Council Connecting Classrooms Online Training |
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A two-day workshop to train teachers for participation in British Council Connecting Classrooms Online project was held on 4 and 5 March, 2011 at iEARN Centre, Karachi. A group of 14 teachers participated in the workshop that aimed at training teachers to use the Connecting Classrooms Online Community to discuss curriculum development, potential links with other teachers globally and engage students in online collaborative projects. The participants developed their project participation and Social Action (Service Learning) plans and posted them on the CCO portal for sharing with teachers from other participating countries. It was the first workshop of the series of ten workshops to be held in March and April. SIE has partnered with the British Council to train teachers to participate in Connecting Classrooms Online projects.
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5th Mar 2011 |
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Teaching
Vocabulary: Some Important Ideas, Some Interesting Techniques |
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A workshop on ‘Teaching
Vocabulary: Some Important
Ideas, Some Interesting
Techniques’ was held on
Saturday, 5th March, 2011 at
iEARN Centre, Karachi. The
workshop aimed at developing a
proper understanding of role of
the vocabulary in improving
language proficiency. The
participants were provided
opportunities to practice some
specific vocabulary building
methods and techniques for
classroom use. I9 teachers from
10 schools participated in the
workshop.
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25th Feb 2011 |
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Youth
Volunteering and Community Service
Workshop, Islamabad |
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iEARN Pakistan arranged another
workshop for teachers titled
Youth Volunteering and Community
Service at iEARN Centre,
Islamabad as part of its
Professional Development and
Training Program started January
2011. It was a day long training
conducted on 25th February. A
group of 10 teachers from
different schools in Islamabad
attended this training program
which focused on the importance
of Community Service and Service
Learning in education. It was an
interactive session in which
teachers were given ideas for
community service projects
through discussions, videos and
web browsing. They also shared
their experiences with others.
During the workshop the
participants identified
different community issues and
came up with plans to engage
their students in Service
Learning projects. Their plans
can be viewed later on iEARN
online Civics forum.
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19th Feb 2011 |
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Youth
Volunteering and Community Service
Workshop |
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A workshop on Youth Volunteering
and Community Service was
arranged by iEARN Pakistan on
19th February, 2011 at its
training centre in Karachi. A
group of 19 teachers attended
this training from different
schools in Karachi, including Beaconhouse School Systems,
Foundation Public School, DA-SKBZ,
Qamr e Bani Hashim, Korangi
Academy, Dawood Public School
and Education Bay School. The
aim of the workshop was to
familiarize participants with
the concept of Community Service
and Service Learning. Various
workshop activities were planned
to help them map their
communities and come up with the
real life issues faced in there
communities. They also came up
with an action plan to engage
their students to raise voices
against these issues and become
a part of Global Youth Service
Day. Their plans can be viewed
shortly in iEARN online Civics
forum.
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12th Feb 2011 |
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YouthCaN
Workshop for teachers |
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iEARN Pakistan arranged YouthCaN workshop for teachers on February 12,
2011 at iEARN Centre Karachi. A group of 10 teachers from different
schools in Karachi attended this session. It was a day long training
which focused on the environmental issues and the steps that can be
taken for the betterment of environment. During workshop the efforts of
Pakistani students was also acknowledged. Some volunteers were invited
who shared their project work and experiences. The main aim of this
workshop was to give awareness to teachers how to engage their students
in environmental improvement activities to be a part of iEARN YouthCaN
project. Different workshop sessions and activities were planned for
teachers to understand the importance of environmental education. At the
end of the session teachers were asked to make a plan for carrying out
environmental projects in their school and submit activity plans on the
YouthCaN forum for discussion. The project plans submitted by teachers
can be viewed at YouthCaN forum at
http://foro.iearn.org/webx?14@@.1ebb3689/0
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9th Feb 2011 |
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CDSS-iEARN Club Members Orientation |
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iEARN Pakistan has been
successful in creating iEARN school based club in one more iEARN school,
CDSS-Infaq Education Training Centre. This club comprises of 17 female
students who will be working on different iEARN online collaborative
projects. iEARN Pakistan organized a 3-hour training session for these
club members on February 9, 2011 at iEARN Centre, Karachi. This session
was attended by a group of 20 participants including 17 students and 3
teachers. Participants got a chance to get engaged in different iEARN
project related activities and made an action plan for the next six
months to carry on club activities in school.
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28th-29th Jan 2011 |
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iEARN
Project Based Learning Workshop (Beginners Training)
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iEARN-Pakistan
arranged an iEARN Beginners Workshops at newly established iEARN Centre,
Islamabad. A group of 22 educators from Islamabad, Rawalpindi,
Muzzaffarabad, Kohat, Skurdu, Gujjar Khan and Lahore participated
in a 2-day workshop session conducted on January 28-29, 2011. The main
focus of the workshop was to help them get started with iEARN online
collaborative projects and engage their students in these projects. It
also gave them a clear understanding about the vision of iEARN. They got
time for hands on practice on several iEARN online projects and
activities and enjoyed their time spent here. They had traveled from far
away cities and stated that these two days proved to be very fruitful
for them. In the end they planned for some iEARN projects according to
their subject areas and decided to collaborate with other workshop
participants in future.
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18th Jan 2011 |
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IISAR -
iEARN Club Members Orientation |
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Members of a newly
formed iEARN club at IISAR Foundation School gathered for an orientation
session at iEARN Centre, Karachi on January 18, 2011. A group of 15
students accompanied with 4 teachers were given brief introduction about
iEARN projects and forums. Students participated in various activities
and made an action plan for the next six months to carry on club
activities in school.
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24th Dec 2010 |
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iEARN
Project Based Learning Workshop (Beginners Training) |
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An iEARN beginner’s
workshop was arranged on 24th December, 2010 at iEARN Centre Karachi. 20
teachers from different schools in Karachi got enrolled for this
workshop. The main focus of the workshop was to train teachers for iEARN
project based learning and help them get started with iEARN online
collaborative projects. It also helped them understand the vision of
iEARN and impart new strategies to engage students in meaningful iEARN
projects. It also helped them to think of new ideas of involving
students in global collaborative projects and improving other skills
such as communication and ICT. The participants worked on different
iEARN projects, explored the iEARN Collaboration Centre and posted
comments in the forums. They also participated in several other project
based activities. In the end, they made an action plan for implementing
iEARN projects in their schools.
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4th Dec 2010 |
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Digital Imaging Across Curriculum |
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Another day long
workshop on "Digital Imaging Across Curriculum" at iEARN Centre, Karachi
was conducted on 4th December 2010. A group of 20 teachers registered
for this workshop from different schools in Karachi. The workshop
focused on iEARN online projects that utilize digital imaging like
Eye-to-Eye, Global Art-Images of Caring, One Day in the life, Cultural
Recipe, Folk Costumes and Calligraphy Arts etc. The various sessions of
workshop also included tips and techniques of digital Imaging,
discussion on changing the educational environment settings and drafting
a project implementation plan for schools. They also participated in
different iEARN online projects and posted their work in the forums.
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27th Nov 2010 |
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Classroom Publications for
Effective Communication Resources |
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A day long workshop
titled ‘Classroom
Publications for Effective Communication Resources’
was organized by iEARN Centre Karachi on November 27th 2010. This
workshop aimed at helping teachers to produce resources using desktop
publishing software and engage students in creating purposeful,
meaningful and creative communication resources for classrooms and
schools. The workshop helped teachers to learn about the basic elements
of desktop publishing, layout and designs. It introduced different
desktop publishing applications for creating classroom resources like
flyers; newsletters etc. and enabled them to develop essential skills to
communicate and express their ideas.
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8th-9th Oct 2010 |
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Digital
Story Telling in Classrooms |
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iEARN Pakistan
organized another 2-day training workshop on 8th-9th October 2010 at
iEARN Centre, Karachi as part of its Professional Development training
Program for teachers. Teachers from different schools in Karachi
attended this training which was based on Digital Story Telling in
Classrooms and focused on the creating digital stories to deepen
students’ understanding, promote creativity and enhance their thinking
and communication skills using technology as a tool. During various
sessions of the workshop teachers learned about importance of digital
storytelling and some major elements of a good digital story. They also
learnt different skills like scripting, storyboarding, adding narration
etc. During hands-on time they worked on different video making
softwares and created interesting digital stories. Some of them also
posted their stories on iEARN Folktales project forum.
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2nd Oct 2010 |
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Understanding Cultures with iEARN Projects |
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iEARN Pakistan
organized a day long workshop on “Understanding Cultures with iEARN
projects” on 2nd October, 2010 at iEARN Centre Karachi. 11 teachers from
different schools in Karachi attended this workshop. It was a successful
workshop which helped them to understand iEARN’s philosophy of cultural
exchange through project based learning approach. During this workshop
teachers learned to incorporating culture based education into their
teaching by involving students in iEARN projects. Through various
interesting activities they learned different patterns of culture to
understand the importance of intercultural awareness and develop respect
for cultural diversity. Teachers also selected different iEARN culture
based projects and posted their activities on the forums.
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24th-25th Sept 2010 |
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iEARN
Project Based Learning (Beginners Training) Workshop |
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A 2-day iEARN beginner’s workshop was
arranged on 24th and 25th September, 2010 at iEARN
Centre Karachi. 10 teachers from different schools in Karachi got
enrolled for this workshop. The workshop focused at training
teachers for new ideas of project based learning and integrate ICT in curriculum
by engaging students in meaningful iEARN projects. It also helped them
to think of new ideas of involving students in global collaboration and
improving
other skills such as communication and ICT. The participants worked on
different iEARN projects, explored iEARN Collaboration Centre, posted in the
forums and participated in other interesting activities. They also made
an action plan for implementing iEARN projects in schools.
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22nd May 2010 |
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iEARN
Beginners Workshop |
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An iEARN beginners workshop was arranged on 22nd May, 2010 at iEARN Centre Karachi. 18 teachers from
different schools in Karachi registered for this workshop. The workshop focused at helping teachers integrate ICT in
curriculum through meaningful iEARN projects that
improve the language proficiency of students as well as improving other
skills such as communication and ICT.
The participants
explored different iEARN projects, learned to work in the iEARN Collaboration
Centre and participated in other interesting activities. They also
made an integration plan for implementing iEARN projects in schools.
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7th-8th May 2010 |
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Creating
Media with Purpose |
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iEARN Pakistan team conducted a 2-day
workshop for "Creating Media with Purpose" on 7th and 8th May 2010. A
group of 17 teachers from different schools in Karachi attended this
workshop. Teachers from different campuses of Beaconhouse School
Systems, Meritorious School Network, Karachi High School, Habib Public
School and Govt. SITE Model School attended this workshop. The aim of
this workshop was to enable teachers to learn
skills necessary for successful ICT integration in classrooms through
iEARN online projects and
learn new
strategies to engage students in interactive, student-centered,
cooperative learning projects. The workshop also focused to equip
participants with the technical skills to author their own digital
content and teaching resources using graphics, sound or video and use
appropriate technologies to assist the achievement of particular
learning outcomes. Teachers showed great interest in learning new
strategies and developing media contents like posters, videos clips and
public service messages etc. They also learned to develop their own
teaching resources for integration in their lesson plans.
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26th Apr 2010 |
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YouthCaN Video
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A group of 20 Pakistani students
including iEARN YES alumni and students from a local Government School
participated in YouthCaN Conference through Video Conferencing on 26th
April 2010 arranged at iEARN Centre, Karachi. YouthCaN is a youth run
organization that uses technology to inspire, connect and educate people
worldwide about environmental issues. Every year this conference is held
in American Museum of Natural History, New York in which youth
collaborates with other YouthCaN students around the world to exchange
their ideas, findings, and knowledge about the environment.
Conference session started at 07:25pm
(PST) with a warm welcome from YouthCaN project facilitator Jay Holmes
and a student representative from NewYork(NYC) City followed by
introductions of YouthCaN members from both sides. Talha Qureshi,
YouthCaN coordinator from Pakistan presented projects done by students
in Pakistan through a PowerPoint presentation and discussed the success
stories which were highly appreciated by NYC group. Pakistani youth
answered the questions raised by students in New York. Pakistani
YouthCaN members also discussed their future plans for implementing
various environmental activities in different cities of Pakistan. The
session ended at 08:10pm (PST) with concluding remarks by moderator from
iEARN Pakistan and a vote of thanks on behalf of entire Pakistani group.
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17th Apr 2010 |
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YouthCaN
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A
5-hours YouthCaN workshop was arranged for a group of 20 teachers from
different schools in Karachi on 17th April 2010. This workshop was
arranged at iEARN Centre, Karachi. The workshop session started with the
project introduction followed by a slide show and PowerPoint
presentation by YouthCaN Pakistan group member to show them steps
Pakistani students have taken for the betterment of environment. the
objective of this workshop was to give awareness to teachers how to
engage their students in iEARN YouthCaN projects and motivate them to do
environmental improvement activities. At the end of the session teachers
were asked to make a plan for carrying out environmental projects in
their school and submit activity plans on the YouthCaN forum for
discussion.
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9th - 10th Apr 2010 |
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"Digital Imaging Across Curriculum"
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iEARN Pakistan arranged a 2-day workshop on "Digital Imaging Across
Curriculum" at iEARN Centre, Karachi on 9th and 10th April 2010. The
workshop focused on online projects that uses digital imaging like
Eye-to-Eye, Global Art-Images of Caring, One Day in the life, Cultural
Recipe, Folk Costumes and Side-by-Side etc. The various sessions
of workshop also included tips and techniques of photography, use of
picture editing software, types of graphics, scanning and transmitting
digital images and knowing a digital camera.
Participants were also given time for
hands-on experience for
taking the perfect picture using digital camera and learn image editing
using software. They also participated in different iEARN online
projects and posted their work in the forums. In the end they made an
action plan for implementing and running iEARN projects in their
classrooms.
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2nd - 3rd Apr 2010 |
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iEARN Online Project Based Learning
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2-day iEARN beginners workshop was arranged on 2nd and 3rd
April, 2010 at iEARN Centre Karachi. A group of 13 teachers from
different schools in Karachi attended this workshop. The workshop focused at helping teachers integrate ICT in
curriculum through online curriculum based projects.
Teachers were involved in different project based activities during the
session and enjoyed the world of online learning.
The participants
explored different iEARN projects, learned to work in the iEARN Collaboration
Centre and participated in other interesting activities. They also
made an integration plan for implementing iEARN projects in schools.
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30th Jan 2010 |
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"Achay Dost" Seminar
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seminar was organized by Society for International Education in
collaboration with UNICEF-Sindh and Social Welfare Department in Karachi
on 30th Jan 2010. The title of seminar was “Lessons Learnt and Advocacy
Seminar on Social Change through Child Participation". Ceremony started
with recitation of Holy Quran followed by a welcome note by Mr.Tahir
Javed, Finance Secretary, SIE. He welcomed the participants giving SIE
and seminar intro. Presentations were made by Youth forum members and
participants of listeners group, who shared their experiences and
learning with the audiences. Project Mobilization Officer, M. Abdullah
and FM program RJ Fariha Ayub also shared their experiences. A panel
discussion on Child Participation was also organized. Chief Guest
Ms.Sharmila Farooqi, Adviser to the Chief Minister on Human Rights also
addressed the gathering. Mr. Sohail Ahmed, Child protection Officer and
Dr. Jabeen Fatima, Child Protection Specialist shared their views on the
project. In the end, Chief Guest Ms.Sharmila Farooqi, gave away shields
to the experts and certificates of participation to the Youth Forum
members.
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17th - 20th Jan 2010 |
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iEARN
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iEARN–Pakistan
conducted 4-day "Training of the Trainers 2010" workshop for
educators from Pakistan and other iEARN countries around the world from
17th -20th January 2010. This workshop was attended by 32 teachers who
came from different cities of Pakistan and also from other countries
including UAE and USA. These educators also attended the seminar on
"Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century" on 16th Jan 2010. This
international event provided professional support and training to a core
group of iEARN professionals with the objective of enabling them to
implement, manage and make the iEARN programs and activities sustainable
in their schools and communities. The workshop was conducted by Diane C.
Midness, Professional Development Coordinator, iEARN USA and the iEARN
Pakistan team. The seminar and the iEARN Master Trainers’ course was
sponsored by iEARN USA and Doris Duke Foundation of Islamic Art and
Society for International Education.
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16th Jan 2010 |
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iEARN–Pakistan organized a daylong Seminar on 16th
January 2010
on Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. The seminar was attended
by more than 200 participants of iEARN partner schools and other
organizations.
Seminar presentations were done by local and international speakers who
shared their thoughts and ideas with audience.
The
seminar sessions included understanding the ‘digital natives’ and a need
of restructuring learning experiences for a 21st century learners.
Sessions
also included YouthCaN and iEARN media projects and use of social media
in education.
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20th Nov 2009 |
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Universal Children's Day &
20th
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iEARN
Pakistan in collaboration with UNICEF – Sindh and Social Welfare
Department, Government of Sindh organized an event to commemorate
Universal Children’s Day and the 20th anniversary of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child on 20th November 2009 in Karachi. The event
included an art exhibit by children on child rights, an oration
competition and a workshop for children on child rights. About 300 art
works by children were exhibited. Oration competition was composed of
English and Urdu orations by children and the winners and runner ups
were given awards. 50 children and 20 teachers participated in the
workshop on child rights. Minister for Social Welfare, Government of
Sindh Mrs. Nargis N.D. Khan was the Chief Guest. She distributed the
certificates among the young artists who submitted their art works for
the art exhibition.
Please
visit
http://www.iearnpk.org/PD/UC_Day.htm for more details.
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13th Nov 2009 |
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MDGs - Only With Your Voice Workshop, Karachi, Pakistan
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A group of 20
teachers from 11 different schools of Karachi, Pakistan attended a one
day “MDGs- Only With Your Voice” Workshop on Nov 13, 2009 organized at
iEARN Centre, Karachi. The workshop was sponsored by Doris Duke
Foundation of Islamic Arts. The workshop was all about Millennium
Development Goals, why they are important and how teachers and students
can be involved to achieve these goals. ” We” was the main theme focused
behind this workshop.
The workshop sessions
included PowerPoint presentation on MDGs, poster activity, Team Building
and clarity of goals. The MDGs Action Project Guide was also
introduced which included some activities that teachers can organize to
involve their students in MDGs.
Teachers were really
enthusiastic and took equal interest in discussion and showed their
earnest desire to be involved in MDGs Project in near future.
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6th - 7th Nov 2009 |
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iEARN
Beginners Workshop, Karachi, Pakistan |
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A group of
20 teachers from 12 different schools of Karachi, Pakistan attended a 2 days
iEARN Beginners Workshop on Nov 6-7, 2009 organized at iEARN Centre,
Karachi. This workshop was sponsored
by Doris Duke Foundation of Islamic Arts.
Teachers
were involved in different project based activities during the session and
enjoyed the world of online learning. They learned about the importance of
internationalizing classrooms and interacted with iEARNers online. On the
second day of workshop, the participants were introduced iEARN Calligraphy
Arts project to explore the art of calligraphy and posted beautiful
calligraphic work in the respective forum.
Different
workshop sessions also provided them the opportunity of hands-on practice to
identify the iEARN projects that corresponds to their subject areas they are
currently teaching and learnt to develop lesson plans to implement in their
classrooms.
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3rd - 11th April 2009 |
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Catalyst Participants Visit to YouthCaN
Conference, NYC, USA
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A group of two teachers and one student
from Pakistan visited New York city to attend
YouthCaN Conference held at American Museum of Natural History in April
2009. In 2008, these teachers Sadia Imam from Aga Khan Higher Secondary
School, Fizza Naqvi from Al Murtaza Boys School and student Sheherbano Rizvi
from Al Murtaza Girls School participated in CATALYST Animation training
workshop held in Karachi, Pakistan along with other participants and
were lucky to be selected to go to USA for the conference. This group
represented Pakistan at the YouthCaN NYC Conference and presented their
projects before global audience. Delegations of students and teachers
from other countries like India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan also
attended this conference. It was a 10 days program from 3rd -11th
April which included field trips and visits to museums, art galleries
and exhibitions after conference.
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27th &
28th Mar 2009 |
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Adobe Youth Voices Software Training
Workshop, Karachi, Pakistan
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iEARN Pakistan
arranged a software training workshop for the participants of Adobe
Youth Voices Round-2 participants at iEARN Pakistan Centre, Karachi. It
was a two days workshop on 27th and 28th of March in which 11 teachers
participated and learnt software skills to use Adobe Photoshop Elements
and Adobe Premier Element. They were given interesting image editing and
video making activities through which they learnt basic software skills.
Participants enjoyed working on these activities and gained knowledge
and skills that will help them to complete their assignments and also in
training their students to use them effectively in completion of final
projects. It was a real learning with fun.
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20th
Mar 2009 |
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World Storytelling day celebrated at
Lincoln Corner, Karachi, Pakistan
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On
March 20, 2009 iEARN Pakistan celebrated World Storytelling Day with
Citizens Educational Development Foundation (CEDF) home school children
from slum areas, in collaboration with Lincoln Corner Karachi. Total 36
participants including CEDF students, teachers, iEARN facilitators, YES
alumni & volunteers attended the session from 10:30 am-12:45 pm.
The
program started with the briefing by LC coordinator. Ms. Alema Nasim,
from iEARN Pakistan introduced iEARN and its projects and explained the
significance of World Storytelling day. After discussing program agenda,
the program was handed over to YES alumni who carried out rest of the
program activities. 5 volunteers invited to share the tales with
audience, each of them told interesting stories with the moral lessons.
Students were then divided into groups. One group wrote the stories,
others made sketches of the folk tales and two groups performed in a
role plays on these stories.
This program helped
those under privileged children who even do not have resources to attend
the schools, to participate in a global activity and providing them an
opportunity to express themselves.
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13th
Feb 2009 |
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Adobe Youth Voices National Seminar, Karachi, Pakistan |
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iEARN Pakistan
arranged Adobe Youth Voices National Workshop on Friday, 13th Feb 2009
at a local hotel in Karachi. This workshop was the most important phase
of year long Adobe Youth Voices program that provides youth with life
long experiences of using digital media to create with purpose,
communicate their views, be aware of local and global issues and enhance
their 21st century skills. iEARN Pakistan arranged this program to
exhibit the rough cuts of media pieces produced by youth as their
Adobe Youth Voices
projects. The aim of the workshop was to get constructive feedbacks and
comments from a panel of media experts and educationists. These
distinctive personalities included:
· Mr.
Ghazi Salahuddin, well-known journalist and intellectual, editor The
News daily newspaper, Geo TV channel program anchor
· Ms.
Beena Sarwar, well known media journalist and documentary filmmaker,
ex-producer Geo TV network, specializing in documentary production, ,
Human rights activist and free lance journalist, her documentary
recently awarded as the best documentary award in Jaipur International
Film Festival
· Ms.
Zakia Sarwar, well known educationist and chairperson of English subject
committee of Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
· Mr.
Mansoor Naz Vindhani, educationist, human rights activist, free lance
journalist and training consultant.
Other guest included:
· Mr.
Siddique Sheikh, Chairman of Standing Committee on Corporate Social
Responsibilities (CSR), Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and
Industries
· Mr.
Ibrahim Kumbhar, Executive District Officer (Education), City District
Government , Karachi
· Syed
Tahir Hussain, Chief Operating Officer, Committee for Management and
Improvement of schools, (CMIS) Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce and Industries and City District Government, Karachi
· Mr.
Aftab Sheikh, Assistant District Officer, (Education) Academics and
Training
· Mr.
Asif Jaffery, Coordinator, Committee for Management and improvement of
schools, (CMIS) Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and
Industries and City District Government, Karachi
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Mr. Ahmed Nawaz Niazi,
District Officer (Education) Head Quarter
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Mr. Lateef Mughal,
Assistant District Officer (Education) Jamshed Town, Karachi.
Videos made by
participants from 4 different schools were presented and reviewed by the
panelists for further improvement. The participants learned about the
different aspects of filmmaking, for example, importance of natural
voice while dubbing, speed of title and credits, effective movement of
shots and scenes to make the best use of time, importance of story and
script etc. Groups of teachers and students from 8 more schools who are
selected for Adobe Youth Voices Round 2 also participated in this program. Overall 17
teachers and 95 students attended this seminar. All the participants
benefited greatly form the panelists’ experience of media production and
addressing social issues.
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22nd Nov 2008 |
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Catalyst Animation
follow-up
Workshop at Korangi Academy, Karachi, Pakistan
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An
animation training workshop was arranged at Korangi Academy, Karachi in
collaboration with iEARN Pakistan. This workshop was arranged as a
follow up for CATALYST Animation Program training in Karachi in July
2008. A group of 16 students attended this training program to learn
basic animation skills to create public service announcements. Students
worked in groups and developed short stories focusing social issues like
unity, care for others and road accidents.
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20th &
21st Nov 2008 |
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Self-Portrait Project Activity & YES Orientation at Lincoln Corner, Karachi
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On 20th November, 16
students of VM Public School participated in an iEARN project
self-portrait activity named 'That's Me'. This event was organized by
Lincoln Corner Karachi in collaboration with iEARN
Pakistan
to celebrate
Universal Children's Day.
This activity aimed to build confidence and self esteem among children
by giving them self awareness and was facilitated by Ms. Alema and Talha
from iEARN PAkistan.
On 21st November, Lincoln Corner Karachi in collaboration
with iEARN Pakistan, hosted an Orientation to Youth Exchange & Study
Program for 32 students of IX class from VM Public School. The LCK
coordinator informed children about International education week 2008.
Ms. Farah Kamal, Director iEARN Pakistan gave a brief presentation to
audience about YES Program. The YES Alumni, Ms. Midhat shared with
children her presentation on her trip to USA on YES program. Talha
Qureshi, YES alumni shared his living experiences with US family. In a
Q/A session, questions focused on food & living style, family ties &
problem resolution in YES trip.
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8th Nov 2008 |
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iEARN
Beginners Workshop,
iEARN Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
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An
iEARN Beginners Workshop was arranged at iEARN Centre, Karachi, on 8th
November 2008. 26 teachers from different schools in Karachi and
Hyderabad participated in this workshop. Focus of the workshop was to
introduce iEARN goals and objectives to new teachers who wish to
participate in iEARN activities. An introduction to iEARN collaboration
centre and iEARN online projects was also given to the teachers.
Participants were given time for hands-on activities to work on
different projects and post it in the online forums. In the end they
were also asked to make a plan for online project which they will later
implement in their classrooms.
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31st
Oct & 1st Nov 2008 |
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Creating
Publications for Effective Classroom Resources,
iEARN Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
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iEARN
Pakistan arranged a two days workshop for teachers titled “Creating
Publications for Effective Classroom Resources” at iEARN Centre, Karachi
on 31st Oct and 1st Nov 2008. The workshop was facilitated by Ali Hassan
and Alema Nasim from iEARN Pakistan. Sixteen teachers from different
schools of Karachi and Hyderabad attended this workshop.
This
workshop was arranged to enhance desktop publishing skills of teachers,
which can be used in the classrooms as a learning tool. These techniques
can be used to create some good quality publications. The skills that
were focused mainly were designing of monthly or quarterly newsletters
for highlights of school or classroom activities, creating posters or
flyers for different events and designing certificates etc.
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24th &
25th Oct 2008 |
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Catalyst Animation
follow-up
Workshop at Al Murtaza School, Karachi, Pakistan
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An
animation training workshop was arranged by The
Learning House School with support and collaboration of
iEARN Pakistan at Al Murtaza School. It
was a two-day workshop for students and teachers from schools in its
network. The participating schools included Al Murtaza Boys branch, Al
Muratza Girls branch, Al Murtaza Junior branch, Qamar e Bani Hashim
School, Fatimiyah School and The Learning House School.
The workshop was facilitated by students and teachers of The Learning
House School with support of iEARN staff Alema Nasim and Ali Hassan. A
group of 9 teachers and 17 students attended this training program to
learn basic animation skills to create public service announcements as a
part of Catalyst awareness program. This workshop gave them great ideas
of technology integration and communicating messages to others in a
unique way.
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22nd
Oct 2008 |
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iEARN Catalyst Animation Studio at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School,
Karachi, Pakistan |
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iEARN
Pakistan has set up another
iEARN Animation Studio at Aga
Khan Higher Secondary School and handed over The BOX material to the
school admin for running this program which includes
TheDISC animation software, manual, copy
stand, accessories, animation training material etc. These equipments
were handed over to the Vice Principal Ms. Shairose Jessani and Mr.
Nurali, Program Officer(LT) in presence of other students and teachers.
The teachers of AKHSS have already attended a training workshop for this
project and now have started working with students to integrate this
with their curriculum. They appreciated the idea of using technology for
communicating messages to others and to make our youth responsible
citizens of the society by high lightening social problems and finding
solutions to help people change their attitudes.
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13th &
14th Oct 2008 |
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CATALYST Animation follow-up Workshop
and
Setup of
iEARN Catalyst Animation Studio at Islamia Collegiate School,
Peshawar, Pakistan |
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An animation training
workshop was arranged by iEARN Catalyst Alumni of Karachi and Peshawar at Islamia Collegiate School,
Peshawar on 13th and 14th October 2008. This
workshop was arranged as a follow up for CATALYST Animation Program
training in Karachi in July 2008. Around 6 teachers and 18 students
attended this training program to learn basic animation skills to create
public service announcements. This workshop proved to be a great
opportunity for the students and teachers of different schools of
Peshawar city. The participants focused different social problems faced
in the society which included environmental issues, teenage problems,
electricity and shock prevention, child labour, women education and
natural disasters and used technology skills to produce 30 sec long
animated clips.
iEARN Pakistan has also
installed a complete
iEARN Animation Studio at this school which included
TheDISC animation software, computer, video camera, copy stand,
accessories, animation training material etc. These equipments
were handed over to the principal in presence of students and teachers
from this school who are also the alumni of this training program. They
have plans to use this for the capacity building of the teachers and
students of their school as well as other schools in Peshawar.
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10th
Oct 2008 |
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Setup of
iEARN Animation Studio at The Learning House School, Manghopir, Karachi, Pakistan
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iEARN Pakistan has setup
iEARN Animation Studio
at The Learning House School, Manghopir, Karachi as a part of CATALYST
Animation Project. A small ceremony of setting up of studio took place on 10th October,
2008 attended by some teachers, students and admin staff members. A complete set of
The Box software, animation training
material, PC, Camcorder, Copy stand and some other necessary stuff was
handed over to the school administration. The teachers of this school
have plans to use this studio as a resources to benefit other students
of their school. A great example of peer education will be seen when the
students who are already trained in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA and in
Karachi animation workshop conducted by Clifford Cohen, director Animaction, Inc, will work as master trainers for their fellow students.
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13th
Sept 2008 |
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iEARN Beginners Workshop, Korangi Academy, Karachi, Pakistan |
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An
iEARN beginners workshop was arranged on Saturday, September 13th, 2008,
This opportunity is provided for a group of 57 students and 5 teachers from Korangi
Academy a school by the coats of Karachi serving underserved community of
Ibrahim Haidery.
TThe workshop focused at helping students and teachers integrate ICT in
curriculum through online curriculum based projects. Students
explored the iEARN projects, learned to work in the iEARN Collaboration
Centre and have completed the iEARN My Name Projects. See their
postings at:
http://foro.iearn.org/.1e13065a/
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5th
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CATALYST Animation Workshop at SMS Aga Khan School, Karachi, Pakistan |
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A
two day workshop for Catalyst animation training was held at Sultan
Muhammad Shah Aga Khan School, Karachi, for a group of 12 teachers on
5th and 6th September 2008. Teachers of primary to 12th grade from
different learning areas participated in this workshop.
The workshop was planned to provide animation training to teachers who
further want to integrate this skill in curriculum especially in Social
Sciences and Science learning area. The workshop focused all the stages
of creating animated clips. Participants appreciated the idea of using
drawing and art for a positive change and said that it was a very good
way of team building spirit, create awareness and sense of
responsibility among students
Click here to see
CATALYST projects made by students.
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22nd
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 Fulbright
Scholarship guidance Session for YES Alumni (Karachi)
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On 22nd and 24th of August 2008 US
Education Foundation Pakistan organized career sessions for YES Alumni
in Karachi. On 22nd all the YES Alumni who were interested in applying
for Fulbright scholarship in undergraduate program attended a session at
USEFP office in Clifton. It was an hour long session in which
information about the Fulbright scholarship was provided to all the
participants. 25 Alumni participated in this session and showed their
interest in applying for Fulbright scholarship next year.
Another similar session was held for
senior YES Alumni who were interested in applying for Graduate studies
in USA. It was again an hour long session in which alumni discussed
applying procedure for Fulbright scholarship and the requirements of US
Universities.
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19th -
22nd July 2008 |
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CATALYST Animation Workshop at Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan
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A
four day CATALYST Animation workshop was arranged at Beach Luxury Hotel,
Karachi, Pakistan from 19th July to 22nd July 2008. A group of 14
teachers and 22 students attended this workshop, who came to Karachi
from different parts of Pakistan which are very prone to natural
disasters. The workshop was facilitated by Clifford Cohen, Director
AnimAction who came to Pakistan from USA.
The workshop left a wonderful impact on the participants who learnt
about natural disasters and how to "be prepared" for these situations.
It also created a vision among the participants for using media with a
purpose to create awareness in the society.
Click here to see
CATALYST projects made by students.
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12th -
27th June 2008 |
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This project was in collaboration with
City District Government Karachi. YES Alumni conducted English Language,
Information technology and animation classes in eight government schools
of Karachi. All the schools were located in different areas of Karachi.
Duration of each course was three days.
Around 1200 students attended these
summer courses. iEARN Pakistan trained YES Alumni volunteers for the
Language and Information Technology program, where as 20 Government
students and four teachers from two different schools were given
animation training so that they could conduct animation course in
government schools on their own. These teachers and students
participated in iEARN Animation workshop conducted by the IEARN-Pakistan
teachers and trainers.
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30th &
31st May 2008 |
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CATALYST Animation Workshop at Aga Khan School, Mir Pur Sakro
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A group of 25
students and 5 teachers from Aga Khan School, Mirpur Sakro got an
opportunity to attend a two day animation workshop arranged at their
school by iEARN Pakistan on 30th and 31st May 2008. Participants learnt
basic animation skills and produced 30 sec animated clips on natural
disasters.
Click here to see
CATALYST projects made by students.
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29th &
30th April 2008 |
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CATALYST Animation Workshop at The Learning House School-Karachi
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The students and
teachers of The Learning House School, Manghopir, Karachi, attended a workshop on 29th
and 30th April 2008 arranged at their school. A group of 30 students and
5 teachers attended animation training workshop on the theme of natural
disaster. The workshop started with a brief orientation ceremony in
which parents and students were invited to share experiences of student
who went to Louisiana, USA on Catalyst Exchange Program. The workshop focused on
all the basic animation skills that is story building,
character designing, story boarding, tracing, animating and finally
the post production that included capturing and producing a movie.
Click here to see
CATALYST projects made by students.
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24th &
25th April 2008 |
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CATALYST Animation Workshop for CDGK Schools- Karachi
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A two day workshop
was arranged for the students of Government Schools in Karachi on 24th
and 25th April 2008 at iEARN Pakistan Centre. A group of 20 students and
8 teachers attended the workshop for animation training. It was full day
workshop but participants enjoyed every moment of the workshop and were
deeply involved in learning new concepts of using art as a tool of
effective communication. The workshop focused on story development,
breaking up a story and making story beats, timing out the film,
character designing, story boarding, tracing and animating and finally
the post production that included capturing and producing an animated
clip.
Click here to see
CATALYST
projects made by students.
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22nd
March
2008 |
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Effective
Online Project Facilitators Workshop- Karachi
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As a
part of Global Connection and Exchange program, a workshop titled "Effective Online Project Facilitators
Workshop" was arranged
at iEARN Pakistan Centre on 22nd March 2008. A group of 20 teachers
attended this workshop to learn basic skills for successful project facilitation.
It also provided the guidelines for forum interaction and planning and
implementing an iEARN project.
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16th -
19th
March 2008 |
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CATALYST
Animation Workshop-
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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iEARN-Pakistan, iEARN-Uzbekistan and iEARN-USA have
successfully launched natural disaster Youth Art Exchange program named
as Community CATALYST Program for the year 2007-2008 in partnership
with AnimAction and the
Red Stick International
Animation Festival. The
Animation Exchange and Workshop was arranged in Baton
Rouge-Louisiana, USA from 16th March to 31st March in which students and
teachers from three countries Pakistan, Uzbekistan and USA participated
to develop necessary skills to creating public service announcements and
make meaningful contribution to the society. A four day workshop was
arranged from 16th to 19th March, 2008. First two days were focused only
for teachers and then the rest two days both teachers and students
participated.
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9th Feb
2008 |
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Digital Imaging Across Curriculum - Karachi
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An iEARN Global
Connection and Exchange Workshop titled "Digital Imaging Across
Curriculum" was arranged for a group of 15 teachers at iEARN Pakistan Centre, Karachi on 9th Feb
2008. The workshop focused at different Art projects like Eye to Eye,
Side by Side, Sense of Caring, Folk Costumes Around the World, Cultural
Recipe
and One Day in the Life-Digital Diary project. The workshop session
introduced participants with features of digital camera and its usage,
editing a picture through software, scanning and transmitting
digital images and provided hands on experience for these projects.
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31st Jan - 1st Feb 2008 |
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Techniques for Teaching English - Karachi
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A Basic Course for ESL/ESL/ESOL
Teachers
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14 teachers from
private, community, trust and public schools attended a 3-day workshop for
English language teachers conducted from 31st Jan – 2nd Feb, 2008 at
Rangoon Wala community centre, Karachi.
The
workshop focused on the four language skills; Reading, Writing, Listening
and Speaking and other secondary skills like grammar, vocabulary, spelling
and pronunciation.
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26th
Jan 2008 |
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Once Upon a Time (Folk Tales) - Peshawar
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A
group of sixteen
teachers from seven Global Connections Schools located in Northwest
Frontier Province of Pakistan including Nowshera, Kohat, Mardan and
Peshawar participated in a workshop as a part of the iEARN GCEP program in
Pakistan. The workshop focused at iEARN Folk Tales project which engages
students in writing and sharing folktales, fairy tales and fables as means
to connect and share cultures. The workshop was arranged at Lincoln Corner
library at University of Peshawar, on 26th Jan 2008.
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25th Jan 2008 |
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Picture
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Changing
Attitudes by
Taking Advantage
of Linking
Youth and Schools
Together
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An iEARN beginners
workshop was arranged in Peshawar for participating schools of Community
CATALYST program on January 25th, 2008. Five teachers and fourteen
students from different schools in Northwest Frontier Province attended
this workshop for CATALYST project launched by iEARN and AnimAction for
Natural Disaster Youth Art Exchange Program.
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17th - 18th
December 2007
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Changing
Attitudes by
Taking Advantage
of Linking
Youth and Schools
Together
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Picture
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The
International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), in partnership with
AnimAction and the
Red Stick International
Animation Festival
launched
the Community CATALYST Program. iEARN-Pakistan scheduled an iEARN
Beginners Workshop for CATALYST Group on 17th and 18th December 2007. A
group of 13 teachers and 23 students from Karachi, Pakistan attended this workshop.
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21st
- 26th July 2007
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iEARN
International Annual Conference 2007 - Cairo, Egypt
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25 member
delegate from different cities and towns of Pakistan participated in the
14th iEARN Annual International Conference and 11th Youth Summit in Cairo,
Egypt July 21st – 26th, 2007.
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1st -
2nd / 8th - 9th June 2007
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Using Digital Tools for Creative Classroom
Projects - Karachi
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iEARN
Centre Pakistan scheduled a workshop for teachers for "Using Digital Tools for Creative Classroom Projects" to introduce cutting edge ICT based
teaching strategies to educators and to enhance their learning. Due to
increased number of interested teachers, the workshop participants were
divided in two groups. First group of 15 participants attended workshop on
1st and 2nd June and the second group of 15 teachers got the training on
8th and 9th June 2007.
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